Well almost, cut some beech after work today. First cut of the fall and first cut since my back went out in April. It was really a bit too warm to be out there today but I have been itching to see how the old back will take some cutting.....tomorrow morning will tell the story.
Locust Post Take your time getting back into all of the wood stuff. I am 12 years after back surgery and I still have to pace myself and try not to overdo things. A few hours a day works best for me instead of trying to put in an eight to ten hour day.
Thank you and yes I am not going to push it, that was about 2 hrs worth right there, had more time but decided I better quit. I am also going to leave some of the big hogs I used to wrestle up in the truck with the ramp, right in the woods.
Locust Post Noodling a round or two per day would let you get the larger rounds home. You have to learn new ways to work smarter rather than harder. If I can split and stack a third of a cord in a day, I consider it a good day.
Nice looking score you got there LP... If you take it easy like that, you will have quite the hoard once or twice a week.
No real reason to mess with noodling, have 24 cords at home now, burn about 4 per year....40 acres of logging tops that will go bad before they all get cut and a younger whipper snapper that cuts at the same farm, he can wrestle the big stuff.
That sounds like a good plan. I burn around 3-5 cords per year and it isn't too back keeping up with replacing what I burn per year. Now if only Mother Nature would stop inundating me with wood
Good stuff bud, fight that urge to get er done, they say you're not getting older you're getting better ,but I think they mean you're getting smarter, so you need to work that way
Noodle in place, then load in the truck. Or, bring a dolly, and load the rounds into the truck on a ramp. Then slide off the truck onto the splitter. Or split vertically, in the woods. Then you get the splits, with no heavy lifting. No beech left behind!
I've done it all kinds of different ways but where I will be doing most of my cutting this year I probably won't need to worry about too many bigguns anyway.
With the bad backs, one does what he can when he can. Don't have to like it but have to live with it. It was 32 years ago last month when I injured my back and life has never been the same. And little things can set things off badly. Like yesterday, I was walking and suddenly just one step, did not step on anything but the floor but a terrible pain in the back. Later, I sat down. Yikes. Must have sat down wrong. Still paying the price for that one and wearing the brace too else could do practically nothing.
